Researchers urge retailers to replace kids’ ‘eye level’ junk food
Policies aimed at encouraging families and children to eat healthier could be aided by retailers that place healthier food options at the eye level of children, say researchers.
Archives for October 27, 2014
Dispatches: AACCI annual meeting 2014
Kellogg NPD scientist: Protein has plenty of challenges
Cereal and plant proteins hold huge potential for breakfast cereal and snack bar fortification but taste and texture remain challenging, say Kellogg’s lead product development scientist.
Do zero-calorie sweeteners increase diabetes risk?
“Artificial sweeteners may boost diabetes risk” ran the headline in the New York Times last month – but experts have said to take recent research with a pinch of salt.
Exo cricket bar founder: ‘It’s been a constant game of not running out of product’
Food technology startup Exo has closed a $1.2 million seed funding round, which will help the cricket-fueled protein bar maker expand its product line and dramatically boost production to keep up with the “surprising” level of demand, its co-CEO says.
60-second interview, Megan DeStefano, DuPont Nutrition & Health
DuPont: Snacking accounts for up to a quarter of American kids’ daily calories, so we need to make them count
The percentage of energy derived from snacks in the American diet has increased from 12% in the late 1970s to 24% in 2009/10, according to analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) data.
General Mills develops ancient grains Cheerios
General Mills will launch ancient grains Cheerios to take the fast-growing trend into mainstream cereal, its marketing manager for cereal innovation says.
Pepsi’s 'homemade' SodaStream test: Sales trickle or treat?
As PepsiCo inks a deal with SodaStream to test launch its brands on the platform, Euromonitor analyst Jonas Feliciano says demand for such Pepsi-branded products is ‘debatable’.
Desperately seeking healthy snacks for young kids? 'After baby foods, there's sort of a void,' says MySuperFoods
Browse the baby food aisles and everything is pretty healthy, as your baby’s body is a temple, right? But then things change, say the founders of MySuperFoods, which was set up by two Moms that were underwhelmed by the snack options available to children...
Dr Pepper hopes for Hispanic ‘home run’ with Mexican sparkling waters brand Penafiel
As one analyst suggests that Dr Pepper Snapple Group has hit a ‘home run’ with Mexican mineral water brand Penafiel, the company says it hopes to increase distribution in the US.
Breakfast-skippers may over-eat to compensate for low dopamine levels: Study
Eating protein-rich breakfasts may increase levels of dopamine in the brain, which may reduce food cravings and overeating later in the day, says a new study from the University of Missouri.